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Hi, what Collage software easy to use do you recomend?

Im have some bird´s photos, so i want to make a collage image and get around a 40x60 inches print.

I have PS but i dont like to use it for that purpose. Thanks

Alex
 
In gimp is a filter to do a mosaic which is like a collage.....'Splits the photo up into several parts' You can put all your photos on 1 canvas and then run it and it would work fine.
Also is montage in GMIC.
Here is two example of montages.

Using 6 layers - horizontally arrayed
Using 6 layers - horizontally arrayed

Using 6 layers - vertically arrayed
Using 6 layers - vertically arrayed

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Picasa had a simple but very capable mosaic collage tool. I used it to produce this:



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Once the collage is generated, you can still move images, change sizes and borders.

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You can also make collages for free at Kizoa http://www.kizoa.com/.
You just have to make a free account. There are some templates for free but if you want the really nice ones, you have to pay for it. The one I like is where the photo edges blend into one another.
 
alcaher said:
Hi, what Collage software easy to use do you recomend?

Im have some bird´s photos, so i want to make a collage image and get around a 40x60 inches print.

I have PS but i dont like to use it for that purpose. Thanks

Alex
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How do you get a 40 x 60 print, if you don't mind me asking? This is something I'd be interested to do too. Thanks
 
Thanks everyone for the replies and suggestions, i will try those softwares right know.

Alex
 
contadorfan said:
alcaher said:
Hi, what Collage software easy to use do you recomend?

Im have some bird´s photos, so i want to make a collage image and get around a 40x60 inches print.

I have PS but i dont like to use it for that purpose. Thanks

Alex
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How do you get a 40 x 60 print, if you don't mind me asking? This is something I'd be interested to do too. Thanks
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I use the services of a blueprint company that has a system up to 60" wide and superb colour. You may have one in your area that might help you out if they have the correct machine, it's not just a blueprint printer.

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Mentor3 said:
contadorfan said:
alcaher said:
Hi, what Collage software easy to use do you recomend?

Im have some bird´s photos, so i want to make a collage image and get around a 40x60 inches print.

I have PS but i dont like to use it for that purpose. Thanks

Alex
Click to expand...
How do you get a 40 x 60 print, if you don't mind me asking? This is something I'd be interested to do too. Thanks
Click to expand...
I use the services of a blueprint company that has a system up to 60" wide and superb colour. You may have one in your area that might help you out if they have the correct machine, it's not just a blueprint printer.

Island Blue
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contadorfan said:
alcaher said:
Hi, what Collage software easy to use do you recomend?

Im have some bird´s photos, so i want to make a collage image and get around a 40x60 inches print.

I have PS but i dont like to use it for that purpose. Thanks

Alex
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How do you get a 40 x 60 print, if you don't mind me asking? This is something I'd be interested to do too. Thanks
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Yes thats good question :) but i dont know much about printing big, i just have a epson 3800 (19inches its the widest you can go)

In my OP i said 40x60´´ just to let you know that i want to print big with the Collage i get, but actually i dont even know if the local print company can even print that big. I have to ask them about that blueprint... as long as they can print bigger than 24´´ wide, it would be fine for me.

Alex
 
Toermalijn, 40x40 its perfectly fine for me. Thank for the software suggestion
 
I wrote my own you can do that or download my Photo Collage Toolkit it has some limitations but template are easy to create for there are only four simple rules you need to adhere too.

Four PSD Template Rules and and a dozen or so scripts
  1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
  2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
  3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
  4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.
  1. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
  2. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
  3. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
  4. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
  5. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
  6. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
  7. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
  8. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
  9. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
  10. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.
  11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
  12. PCTpreferences.jsx - Preferences Use in several of the above scripts. Edit this file to change default settings and add layer styles.
The PasteImageRoll script requires no template and is also quite useful for creating single tile size collages.

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That cool JJ, well im going to give it a try with my PS5, thanks...
 
JJMacks said:
I wrote my own you can do that or download my Photo Collage Toolkit it has some limitations but template are easy to create for there are only four simple rules you need to adhere too.

Four PSD Template Rules and and a dozen or so scripts
  1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
  2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
  3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
  4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.
  1. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
  2. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
  3. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
  4. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
  5. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
  6. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
  7. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
  8. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
  9. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
  10. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.
  11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
  12. PCTpreferences.jsx - Preferences Use in several of the above scripts. Edit this file to change default settings and add layer styles.
The PasteImageRoll script requires no template and is also quite useful for creating single tile size collages.
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Additional Collage PSD Templates can be downloaded from my Photoshop Packages Web page.

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